“Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and others who raced to the microphones...” — Rick Wilson Quote

Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and others who raced to the microphones at the slightest hint of Obama overstepping the lines were damn quiet as Trump wildly colored outside the lines of any rational version of executive power.

Disasters happen. Nature refuses to cooperate with the best-laid plans of kings and lesser men alike.

Trump-era name-calling is just as tiresome and juvenile as it is nonsensical.

We should tell the true stories of that day to honor the memory and sacrifice of those who perished on 9/11 and in the long wars since.

McConnell is the most talented majority leader in a generation. He has complete control of his caucus and understands and exploits their weaknesses, ambitions, and desires. In an impeachment trial where his members knew Trump's guilt was absolute and unequivocal, he bribed and browbeat them into submission.

As a kid, I thought of myself as stupid because I needed remedial help. It was not until much later that I figured out that I was dyslexic and that my trouble with spelling and sounding out words did not mean I was stupid, but early impressions stuck with me and colored my world for a time.

I had braids before. They were real long, and they were black, but my mom made me cut them for the McDonald's job. Then, when I got the job, everybody had long braids and colored hair.

White diamonds can get boring, so I love a colored stone.

The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling because when I was a little girl I remember the horror of the East St. Louis race riot.